Ctrl-N hotkey doesn't open a new file

[Eugene Pankov]

Looks like there's no hotkey to create a new file

[Filipe Manuel Azinhal Funenga (ffunenga-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello,
to find out what shortcuts are being used, the best way currently, IMO, is to open the file:

    src/MainWindow.vala

scroll down to the end and look at the corresponding shortcut for each action:

    http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-apps/scratch/scratch/view/head:/src/MainWindow.vala#L944

To "create a new file" try CTRL+T.
Is this what you are looking for?

[Eugene Pankov (john-pankov)]

I believe Ctrl-T ("new Tab") is infinitely far from being an intuitively understandable new-document hotkey for a text editor. For ages, every single text editor in the world offered Ctrl-N as a default new-document keyboard shortcut.

[Filipe Manuel Azinhal Funenga (ffunenga-deactivatedaccount)]

What do you want to propose as a solution?

I agree, CTRL+N is very common for that action.

If you want to change CTRL+T, let me list some constraints I'm thinking about:
    - I dont think its a good idea to simply change CTRL+T to CTRL+N whitout looking at the rest of the shortcuts;
    - I dont think its a good idea also to have two shortcuts doing the same thing;
    - CTRL+SHIFT+T opens the last closed document in a new tab. From what I was abble to see in [1], this is the only "conflicting" shortcut;
    - Normally I assume CTRL+SHIFT+N opens a new instance of the application running, although I dont see it in very applications. which means: I dont consider CTRL+SHIFT+N to have a standard action. But this is only my opinion.
    - Scratch only allows to have one instance of the application running;

So, IMO, two decisions are to be made in the following order:
    - Is it ok for CTRL+SHIFT+N to open the last closed document in a new tab instead of CTRL+SHIFT+T?
    - Is it ok for CTRL+N to open the last closed document in a new tab instead of CTRL+T?
IMO, I vote yes to both. What do you think?

If this patch is to made, its only a question of changing the accelators in the appropriate Gtk.ActionEntry-s [1]

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-apps/scratch/scratch/view/head:/src/MainWindow.vala#L944